NEW VMSA-2015-0005 : VMware Workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for Windows updates address a host privilege escalation vulnerability

               VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2015-0005
Synopsis: VMware Workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for
Windows updates address a host privilege escalation
vulnerability

Issue date: 2015-07-09
Updated on: 2015-07-09
CVE number: CVE-2015-3650

1. Summary

   VMware Workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for Windows
   updates address a host privilege escalation vulnerability.

2. Relevant Releases

   VMware Workstation for Windows 11.x prior to version 11.1.1
   VMware Workstation for Windows 10.x prior to version 10.0.7
   VMware Player for Windows 7.x prior to version 7.1.1
   VMware Player for Windows 6.x prior to version 6.0.7
   VMware Horizon Client for Windows (with Local Mode Option) prior to
   version 5.4.2

3. Problem Description

   a. VMware Workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for Windows
   host privilege escalation vulnerability.

   VMware Workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for Windows do
   not set a discretionary access control list (DACL) for one of
   their processes. This may allow a local attacker to elevate their
   privileges and execute code in the security context of the
   affected process.

   VMware would like to thank Kyriakos Economou of Nettitude for
   reporting this issue to us.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the identifier CVE-2015-3650 to this issue.

   Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
   remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
   available.

   VMware Product Running Replace with/
   Product Version on Apply Patch
   ============= ======= ======= ===============
   VMware Workstation 11.x Windows 11.1.1
   VMware Workstation 10.x Windows 10.0.7

   VMware Player 7.x Windows 7.1.1
   VMware Player 6.x Windows 6.0.7

   VMware Horizon Client for 5.x Windows 5.4.2
   Windows (with Local Mode Option)

   VMware Horizon Client for 3.x any not affected
   Windows

4. Solution

   Please review the patch/release notes for your product and
   version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

   VMware Workstation

   https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation

   VMware Player

   https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer

   VMware Horizon Clients

   https://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients

5. References

   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3650

6. Change log

   2015-07-09 VMSA-2015-0005
   Initial security advisory.

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